Inedia

//ɪnˈiːdi.ə// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The (purported) ability to live without food. uncountable

    "The problems of establishing the facts are redoubled when the discussion is narrowed to the type of inedia which in itself is less susceptible to natural explanation and intrinsically more plausible as a sign: active inedia."

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"The problems of establishing the facts are redoubled when the discussion is narrowed to the type of inedia which in itself is less susceptible to natural explanation and intrinsically more plausible as a sign: active inedia."

Etymology

From Latin inedia.

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